There is much talk about the secret accounts of President Lukashenko. You know anything about them?.
When I worked with Lukashenko, no personal accounts he was not - either in Belarus or abroad. His name is never shaped by any property. But the economic area of our state today is not protected by law are not governed by very many operations. For example, when abroad, purchased large quantities of some products, the commission shall be paid - approximately 10 % of the transaction. Here are the 10% - to whom they go, into whose pockets, where are they? . Belarus buys goods in the year of approximately $ 6 billion. And who gets a commission, no one knows.
I think that Lukashenko and his decree on compulsory declaration of income and assets of the presidential candidates might be in a situation as in the proverb: ' Do not dig a hole to another - he will enter into it '. Came an interview with Ivan Tityankova (former Chancellor of the President. - B ), which explicitly says that money well-known businessman Lahvinets bought suits for President.
- Do you know anything about these suits?.
- Alexander G. very often in private meetings, said, referring especially to us with the Prime Minister Chigir that bankers are prohibitively huge profits from their activities and live beyond their means. ... I once told him that this man's suit French and is very expensive. To which he replied that he had bought the suit, Ivan ( Titenkov. - B ) for only $ 70, even though it costs $ 1,100, saying that Ivan was able to negotiate and bring down the price because he bought the store in the private. Hence, I know that Ivan Titenkov really bought him clothes and shoes. And if today a Titenkov Lahvnets will list what they bought for Lukashenka, I think he can get into a difficult situation.
In Lukashenka's very expensive watches, cuff links are very expensive, very expensive ties. I do not think he bought them on his salary. When Bill Clinton left office with the U.S. president, for his gifts, he paid $ 200 thousand. , Took them and left. What to pay for what Alexander G.? .
- It presents. A property with Mr. Lukashenko is?.
- The situation in our country today is that many officials have enormous revenues.
пятница, 8 июня 2012 г.
Lukashenka hides income
вторник, 5 июня 2012 г.
Servers SuperMicro: maximum performance
Super Micro eightieth exhibition at the International Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2010 at Denver (SEG) has shown some new supercomputer. servers. Designed for calculations in the oil and gas field, equipped with the latest graphics cards NVIDIA C2070 and M2070 (Fermi).
Odnoyunitovy. Server SuperMicro SuperServer. 6016GT-TF-FM207, equipped with two Intel Xeon processors 5600/5500 and two. NVIDIA graphics cards. Fermi M2070, using the Gen2 PCI-Express-x16- interface operates at a speed of 1 TFLOPS ( operations per second ) using double-precision. Another 1U- model, 1022GG-TF, with a pair of AMD Opteron 6100, the two cards and a pair of double-width cards QDR InfiniBand. SuperServer 7046GT-TRF-FC407 is a 4U onboard GPU- 4 double-width of the accelerator NVIDIA Fermi C2070 GPU and holds three cards PCI-E expansion to provide superior performance input-output data.
In addition, the computer system demonstrated high 2U Twin2 SuperServer 2026TT-H6IBQRF with redundant power supply, equipped with four dual-processor nodes with a hot-plug and 24 2.5-inch removable media interface SAS2/SATA, QDR InfiniBand ( 40 Gb / s).
Source: SuperMicro.
суббота, 2 июня 2012 г.
ANCIENT MAYA

In the I - the beginning of II millennium. e. Mayan people, speaking different languages, the Maya- Quiche family, settled in the vast area that includes southern states of Mexico ( Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo ), the current country of Belize and Guatemala, and western El Salvador and Honduras.
These areas are located in the tropics are diverse landscapes. In the mountainous southern stretches a chain of volcanoes, part of the existing. Once here on generous volcanic soils grew powerful coniferous forests. In the north of the volcanoes go into the limestone mountains of Alta Verapaz, which are farther to the north form a limestone plateau Peten, wherein the hot and humid climate. Here and formed the center of the Mayan civilization of the classical era.
The western part of Peten Plateau drained river Pason and Usumacinta, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, and east - rivers that carry water into the Caribbean Sea. To the north of the plateau Peten humidity decreases with height in forest cover. In the north, the plains of Yucatec tropical rain forests give way to shrubs, and the Puuc hills, the climate is so arid that the ancient people settled here along the shores of karst lakes ( Cenote ) or retained water in underground reservoirs ( chultun ). On the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula Ancient Maya Salt was mined and traded it with the residents of the inner regions.
Early ideas about the ancient Maya.
Initially it was thought that the Maya lived in vast areas of tropical lowlands in small groups, engaging in slash and burn agriculture. With the rapid depletion of soil is often caused them to change their place of settlement. Maya differed peacefulness and showed special interest in astronomy, and their cities with high pyramids and stone buildings were also priestly ceremonial centers, where people gathered for the observation of unusual celestial phenomena.
According to current estimates, the ancient Maya people had more than 3 million. man. In the past, their country was the most densely populated tropical area. Maya were able to maintain soil fertility over several centuries, and unsuitable for converting agricultural land to plantations where cultivated maize, beans, squash, cotton, cocoa and various tropical fruits. Maya writing was based on a strict system of phonetic and syntactic. Deciphering the ancient hieroglyphic inscriptions denied preconceived notions about the peacefulness of Maya: many of these inscriptions tell of the wars between city-states and of the captives sacrificed to the gods. The only thing that has not undergone revision of previous ideas - an exceptional interest in the ancient Maya to the motion of celestial bodies. They are very precise, astronomers calculated the cycles of movement of the sun, moon, Venus, and some of the constellations (such as the Milky Way ). The Mayan civilization in its characteristics reveals the closest similarity to the ancient civilizations of the Meseta, as well as with distant Mesopotamian, Greek and ancient civilizations.
The periodization of the history of the Maya.
In the Archaic (2000-1500 BC. e. ) And in the early formative period (1500-1000 BC. e. ) Pre-classical period in the lowlands of Guatemala was inhabited by small tribes polubrodyachie hunters and gatherers, eating wild edible roots and fruits, and fish and game. They left behind a rare stone tools and a few settlements, particularly those dating from the time. Average formative period (1000-400 BC. e. ) - The first era of relatively well-documented history of the Maya. At this time there are small agricultural settlements scattered in the jungles and rivers plateau and the Peten in the north of Belize ( Cuello, Kolha, Kashob ). Archaeological evidence suggests that in this era of the Maya did not have grandiose architecture, the division into classes, and centralized power.
However, the subsequent late formative period of pre-classical era (400 BC. e. - 250 N. e. ) In the life of the Maya has changed dramatically. At this time, built monumental structures - stiloboty, pyramids, areas for ball games, there has been rapid growth of cities. The impressive architectural complexes built in cities such as Calakmul and Tsibilchaltun the north of the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), El Mirador, Yashaktun, Tikal, and the Nakba in the jungles of Petén Tintal (Guatemala), Serros, Cuello, and Lamanay Nomul (Belize ), Chalchuapa . There is a rapid increase occurred during the period of settlements, such as in northern Belize Kashob. At the end of the Late Formative period, growing trade exchange between the remote from each other by settlements. Most prized jade and obsidian, shells and feathers of birds Quetzal.
At this time, the first appearance of sharp flint tools, etc. n. eccentric - stone products the most bizarre, sometimes in the form of a trident or a profile of a human face. At the same time develops the practice of consecration of buildings, devices, caches, and places the articles of jade and other jewelry.
Subsequently, the early classical period ( 250-600 n. e. ) Of the classical era of Mayan society was formed in a system of competing city-states, each with its royal dynasty. These political entities found in a community management system, and in culture (language, writing, knowledge of astronomy, calendar, etc. Dr.. ). Start early classical period roughly coincides with one of the earliest date recorded on the stele of the city of Tikal, - 292 N. e. That, in accordance with t. n. ... 12. 14. 8. 5.
Ownership of individual city-states of the classical era extended by an average of 2,000 square. km, and some cities such as Tikal or Calakmul, controlled much larger areas. Political and cultural centers in each state education is a city with magnificent buildings, the architecture of which was a local or zonal variations in the general style of Mayan architecture. The buildings were arranged around the large rectangular central area. Their facades are usually decorated with masks major gods and mythological characters carved in stone or in the technique of stucco relief. The walls of long narrow space inside the buildings are often painted murals with images of rituals, celebrations, military scenes. Window lintel, lintels, stairs of palaces, as well as freestanding stelae were covered with hieroglyphic texts, sometimes interspersed with portrait, narrating the deeds of rulers. On the lintel 26 is shown Yashchilane wife of the ruler Shield Jaguar to help my husband to wear the military regalia.
In the center of the Mayan cities of the classical era of the pyramid towered up to 15 m tall. These structures were often venerated tombs of people, so the kings and priests practiced this ritual, which aimed to establish a magical link with the ancestral spirits.
Found in the ... The inscription on the lid of the sarcophagus has it that Pacal was born ( according to our chronology ), in 603 and died in 683. Deceased were decorated with jade necklace earrings are massive (the symbol of military valor ), bracelets, a mosaic mask, composed of more than 200 pieces of jade. Pacal was buried in a stone sarcophagus, on which were engraved the names and portraits of his illustrious ancestors, such as his great-grandmother of Kang- Ik, who had considerable power. At the burial of the vessels are usually placed, apparently with food and drinks for the connection of the deceased on his way to the afterlife.
In the cities the Maya allocated central part, where they lived with their relatives rulers and his retinue. These are the palace complex at Palenque, Tikal acropolis, Copan in the area Sepulturas. The rulers and their immediate families are engaged exclusively in affairs of state - organized and led military raids against neighboring city-states, staged lavish celebrations, took part in rituals. The members of the royal family and became scribes, priests, prophets, artists, sculptors and architects. Thus, in the House Bacabs lived in Copan scribes of the highest rank.
Beyond the city the population was spread out in small villages surrounded by gardens and fields. People lived in large families in wooden houses, roofed with reeds or straw. One of these villages in the classical era is preserved in Serena ( El Salvador), where presumably the summer of 590 erupted Laguna Caldera. Hot ashes slept nearby homes, the kitchen hearth and a wall niche with painted plates and bottles of pumpkin plants, trees, fields, including field corn sprouts. Many of the ancient settlements of buildings grouped around a central courtyard, where the joint work carried out. Land tenure was of the nature of community.
In the late classic period ( 650-950 ), the population of low-lying areas of Guatemala amounted to 3 million. man. Increased demand for agricultural products forced farmers to drain wetlands and apply terraced farming in hilly terrain, for example, on the banks of the Rio Bec.
In the late classic period from the existing city-states began to stand out new cities. Thus, the city went out of control Himbal Tikal, proclaimed that the language of hieroglyphics on the architectural structures. During this period reaches its peak Mayan epigraphy, but the content of the inscriptions on the monuments is changing. If previously dominated by reports about the life of the rulers with the dates of birth, marriage, came to the throne, died, but now focuses on war, conquest, capture prisoners for sacrifice.
By 850, many cities in southern lowland areas have been abandoned. Completely stop the construction in Palenque, Tikal, Copan. Causes of the incident are still unclear. The decline of these cities could be caused by rebellions, invasions, epidemics or environmental crisis. Center for Development of Mayan civilization moved to the north of the Yucatan Peninsula and the Western Highlands - an area that accepted several waves of Mexican cultural influences. It flourished for a short period of Uxmal, Sayil, Kabah, Labna and Chichen Itza. These magnificent cities surpassed the previous high buildings, multi-room palace, taller and wider stepped arches, intricate stone carvings and mosaic friezes, huge areas for ball games.
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